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Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents by Lindsay C. Gibson
informative
reflective
slow-paced
4.5
Great nonfiction book for adults who are healing from the abuse that their parents subjected them to! Genuinely great advice from this book that I will probably keep referring to throughout my life. I listened to it on audiobook, but I’d like to buy a physical copy.
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Perhaps, I need to finish the last book to complete my thoughts on the series and the 2nd book, but I do think Catching Fire is not as compelling as book 1.
Although Collins did a good job of showing how the Quarter Quell contrasted with the Hunger Games and ignited further dissent among the districts, the games were repetitive so it was hard to be invested in it again. Ngl, I was highkey over the games themselves but the arena and situation was so vastly different so it was still interesting.
The world building through Katniss’s eyes is done so well, and it’s interesting as a reader to make the inferences that she doesn’t make herself. However, I was frustrated by her lack of autonomy and indecision in this book. I loved The Hunger Games because Katniss is such a clever and powerful protagonist, however she seems much more passive in the 2nd book. She doesn’t know what’s going on and feels so powerless. I get that is part of her character arc in book 2, but it read mostly flat throughout the book rather than ebbing and flowing. I’m ready for her to step it up a bit in the 3rd book.
Although Collins did a good job of showing how the Quarter Quell contrasted with the Hunger Games and ignited further dissent among the districts, the games were repetitive so it was hard to be invested in it again. Ngl, I was highkey over the games themselves but the arena and situation was so vastly different so it was still interesting.
The world building through Katniss’s eyes is done so well, and it’s interesting as a reader to make the inferences that she doesn’t make herself. However, I was frustrated by her lack of autonomy and indecision in this book. I loved The Hunger Games because Katniss is such a clever and powerful protagonist, however she seems much more passive in the 2nd book. She doesn’t know what’s going on and feels so powerless. I get that is part of her character arc in book 2, but it read mostly flat throughout the book rather than ebbing and flowing. I’m ready for her to step it up a bit in the 3rd book.